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A. GAMPBELL. GOMBINEDHAT SWEAT AND VENTILATOR. 1%.. 365,576.

PatentedJun'e 28, 1887'. F 1-51". a

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW CAMPBELL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,'TO THE HAT MACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED HAT SWEAT AND VENTILATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,576, dated June 28, 1887.

Application file-(1 October 12, 1886. Serial No. 216.015.

To ,all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, ANDREW CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Hat Sweats and Ventilators, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates'to improvements in that class of combined sweats and ventilators wherein the ventilator is constructed of a thin band of metal secured to the outer face of the sweat and arranged between the sweat and the hat-body, and provided with spring-like blades to cause it to stand off from the hat and leave .an annular air-space for ventilation. So far as I am aware these ventilators have been made heretofore from a narrow strip of metal se-' giving two bearings of the metal band on the inner wall of the hatone near the opening of the hat and another farther in.' I also slit the outer attached edge of the band to impart flexibility thereto.

My invention will be hereinafter more minutely described, and its novel features will be carefully defined in the claims.

In the drawings which serve to illustrate 'my invention, Figure 1 is'a sectional view through the hat and ventilator, and Fig. 2 is a front view of the metallic portion of the combined band and ventilator. Figs. 3 and 4 are views corresponding relatively to Figs. 1 and 2 and illustrating a slight modification.

' Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, A represents, in general, the sweat-band, made from leather or other like or suitable material, and B represents, in general, the thin flexible (No model.)

metal band, combined with the said band A and attached thereto.

represents in Fig. 1 the body of the hat, 3 the crown, and z the brim of the same.

In constructing an ordinary hat-sweat or sweat-band it is customary-to inclose a cord or strip of rattan, a, in a tape or galloon, b, and then sew this folded tape by-a row of blind stitching to the edge of the leather 0, which forms the body of the sweat.

In carrying out my invention I take a broad strip or band of thin flexible metal, preferably brass, plated with nickel or silver, and cut from its body, by slits extending crosswise of the band, long tongues or blades (1 d, as seen in Fig. 2, the lower ends, as seen in the drawings, of which are left attached to the plate and the free ends bent outward, as best seen in Fig. 1. Iprefer, also, to slit the upper margin, v, of the strip, as seen ate e. In combining this strip or band B with the sweat-band A its slitted margin 22 is inserted between the leather 0 and the tape b,and the 'wholestitched through and through, as indicated in Fig. 1.

In shaping the metal strip B its lower margin, w, is bent slightly outward, so that when in place it will touch and bear on the inner wall of the hat-body, while the blades cl find a bearing above. Thus, as before stated, the metal band is provided with a bearing at its inner (lower) margin as well as near its outer (upper) margin, which imparts firmness and steadiness without impairing the elasticity of the band. Two or more of the blades d may be secured to the hat-body by stitches, in order to keep the whole in place. The margin to of the metallic strip B may also be slitted, as indicated in dotted lines,to render the strips more flexible.

The use of the words upper and lower herein must be understood as indicating the positions of the parts as represented in the drawings, or when the hat is resting on its crown. When the hat is worn, these positions will be reversed.

In the modification seen in Figs. 3 and 4 the spring-like blades or prongs d d are attached at their upper ends to the band B, and are bent outward and upward. In order to lighten the blades are bent upward, as in Figs. 3

sweat. not convenient to place a stitch when the spring is formed in this way.

It will be observed that in my construction of the metal veutilatorband the spriug like blades or prongs have their points directed outwardly toward the opening in the hat. The air entering the hat passes through the openingsin the metal band.

i am aware that it is not new to secure a hat-sweat in a hat by means of metal spurs carried thereby, which are thrust through the material of the hat from the inside, and I make no claim to this mode of attachment.-

1 wish it understood that I do not limit myself to any particular material for the sweat band A, nor to any particular means for at taehing this band'to the metal band B. The metal of band B will usually be thin enough to permit of stitching it on a sewing-machine. lhespring-like blades 12 might also be made separately and attached to the band B, instead of being formed integrally, as shown.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination, with a sweatband for a hat, of a broad thin flexible metal band, B, attached at its upper edge, e, to the upper edge of the sweat-hand, bentoutward at its lower edge, 10, to form an inside bearing against the hat-body, and provided with outwardly-projecting spring-like blades to form another bearing nearthe margin of the openingin the hat.

2. The combination, with a sweatband, A, of a broad thin metallic band, B, slitted at its upper edgem, to impart flexibility, and attached at that edge to the sweat-band, bent outwardly at its lower free margin, 10, to bear against the hat-body, andhaving long integrally-formed spring-like blades d, connected to said band near its lower edge, and bent out- W wardly at their free ends, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREW CAMPBELL.

\Vitnesses:

HENRY CONNETT, J; D. CAPLINGER. 

